Elbgrund
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Elbgrund
municipality Elbe Valley
Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 47 " N , 8 ° 3 ′ 37" E
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| Height : | 225 (180-380) m above sea level NHN |
| Residents : | 775 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1974 |
| Postal code : | 65627 |
| Area code : | 06436 |
 Aerial view of the place from the southeast with Mühlbach in front and Waldmannshausen in the back and Waldmannshausen Castle in the back right
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Elbgrund is a district of the Elbtal municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse . With over 770 inhabitants, the place is the largest in the municipality and consists of the two predecessor towns Waldmannshausen and Mühlbach, which are still clearly recognizable in the townscape.
Geographical location
The place is in the southern Westerwald . The federal road 54 cuts through the Elbgrund, to the west of the place runs the Elbbach , which also forms the western border of the district. Due to the two old town centers and the attempts to close the gap between the two, the result is a development that is stretched towards the northwest-southeast.
The roughly diamond-shaped demarcation with two foothills to the north-west and north-east borders Frickhofen in the west , Langendernbach in the north (both municipality of Dornburg ), in the north-east Hausen and in the south-east Ellar , both districts of Waldbrunn , and in the south the Elbe valley administrative seat Dorchheim .
The terrain slopes down to the west towards the valley of the Elbe stream. In addition, the Mühlbach flowing towards the southwest of the Elbbach , which separated the two predecessor towns, represents another cut in the terrain that runs right through the town. The lowest point of the district is in the southwest on the Elbbach at around 180 meters, the highest in the northeast of the district at around 380 meters. The area outside the local area is primarily used for agriculture. Exceptions are the northeastern foothills of the district, which extends into a mountain range covered by mixed forest, the floodplain of the Elbbach in the west and a basalt quarry northeast of the place.
history
The two predecessor towns Mühlbach and Waldmannshausen belonged to the parish of Blasiusberg in the Middle Ages and the early modern period . In 1896 they were assigned to the parish vicarie Dorchheim. Teutonic Order possessions are guaranteed for 1231 in Mühlbach .
The most striking building in Elbgrund is Waldmannshausen Castle , built in 1486 and now a school campus. In 1780 the place received a school house, which is used today as a community center.
Mühlbach and Waldmannshausen merged to form Elbgrund in 1937. Both places had previously operated facilities such as the church, cemetery and school together and had a joint mayor for a long time, who was elected independently of both places.
On July 1, 1974 were part of the municipal reform in Hesse , the previously independent community Elbgrund powerful state law with the community Elbe Valley the new municipality named Elbe Valley together . The seat of the municipal administration is the Elbtal-Dorchheim district. Local districts were not formed.
Territorial history and administration
The following list gives an overview of the territories that Waldmannshausen, Mühlbach and Elbgrund were located to which they were subject:
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Waldmannshausen and Mühlbach until 1925:
- In the early and high Middle Ages: rule of Ellar . In the early and high Middle Ages, the Ellar rule consisted of the Zenten Lahr, Elsoff (Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate), Niederzeuzheim and Frickhofen (Bleseberg), which is why the rule was also referred to as the "Four Tenth".
- until 1367: Holy Roman Empire , County Diez (1337–1405 as pledge to County Hadamar )
- 1367–1405: Holy Roman Empire, as part of the "Four Tenth" County Katzenelnbogen
- 1405–1479: Holy Roman Empire, "Four Tithes" (1/3 owned by Nassau-Dillenburg and 2/3 owned by the County of Katzenelnbogen)
- 1479–1534: Holy Roman Empire, "Four Tithes" (2/3 of the Landgraviate of Hesse and 1/3 of the Counts of Nassau-Dillenburg )
- 1534–1557: Holy Roman Empire, "Four Tenth" (Landgraviate of Hesse, the Counts of Nassau-Dillenburg and Kurtrier each 1/3)
- 1557–1606: Holy Roman Empire, County Sayn , "Four Tithes"
- 1606–1650: Holy Roman Empire, Nassau-Hadamar County , "Four Tithes"
- 1650–1711: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Nassau-Hadamar , Mengerskirchen Office
- 1717–1743: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Nassau-Dillenburg , Mengerskirchen Office
- 1743–1806: Holy Roman Empire, Counts of Nassau-Diez as part of the Principality of Nassau-Orange , Amt Mengerskirchen
- 1806–1813: Grand Duchy of Berg , Department of Sieg , Canton Hadamar
- 1813–1815: Principality of Nassau-Orange , Mengerskirchen Office
- from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau , Hadamar Office
- from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar District Office
- from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar Office
- from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Oberlahnkreis
- from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
- from 1886: German Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hesse-Nassau, District of Wiesbaden, District of Limburg
- from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hesse-Nassau, District of Wiesbaden, District of Limburg
- on October 1, 1937, Mühlbach and Waldmannshausen merged to form Elbgrund.
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Elbgrund:
- from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Limburg District
- from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Limburg district
- from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Limburg district
- from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , district Limburg
- on July 1, 1974, Elbgrund was incorporated as a district of the newly formed Elbtal municipality.
- from 1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt, district Limburg-Weilburg
- from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen district, Limburg-Weilburg district
Population development
Waldmannshausen
Occupied population figures up to 1925 are:
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Mühlbach
Occupied population figures up to 1925 are:
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Elbgrund: Source: Historical local dictionary
- 1961: 47 Protestant (= 8.82%), 484 Catholic (= 90.81%) residents
| Elbgrund: Population from 1925 to 1991 | ||||
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| year | Residents | |||
| 1925 | 409 | |||
| 1939 | 423 | |||
| 1946 | 632 | |||
| 1950 | 622 | |||
| 1956 | 551 | |||
| 1961 | 533 | |||
| 1967 | 580 | |||
| 1987 | 701 | |||
| 1991 | 750 | |||
| Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources: | ||||
The von Waldmannshausen
Waldmannshausen was the seat of a nationally important lower noble family. It is first mentioned in 1136. Presumably as early as 1220 they obtained the office of Walpoden of the County of Diez and tied it to the family for a long time. Since the end of the 13th century, the official title became part of the name of several branches of the family. However, a reliable lineage can only be determined from the end of the 14th century. The original seat of the house was the old castle on today's outskirts. In addition, a Walpodenhof must have existed by 1394 at the latest, which was mentioned for the last time in 1588 as dilapidated. In 1488 Thebes von Waldmannshausen had Waldmannshausen Castle completed. Despite the comparatively long existence of the family and the geographically widely dispersed official functions of its members, the property remained heavily concentrated on the region of origin in the local Westerwald.
In particular from the 15th century on, members of the family appear as officials of neighboring territories, including the Landgraviate of Hesse and the counties of Nassau , Wied and Leiningen-Westerburg , and from the 16th century onwards, Nassau-Dillenburg , Orange and the Electoral Palatinate as well . Important members were:
- Thebus or Debus (= Matthäus, first mentioned 1482, † October 31, 1506), Nassau-Dillenburg bailiff and envoy and allegedly imperial councilor
- Meffert or Meffert Kubel (first mentioned 1488, † 1530), Johann (first mentioned 1528, † before 1567), Commander of the Teutonic Order in Koblenz and Waldbreitbach
- Liebmuth (first mentioned 1535, † March 22, 1578), abbess in Gnadenthal
- Wilhelm (born November 3, 1522, † November 13, 1591), court master of the Electorate of Cologne
- Philipp (born March 30, 1525, † October 3, 1596), court master of Nassau-Idstein and councilor of Nassau-Weilburg
- Matthäus (born March 11, 1530, † February 1582), assessor at the Marburg court , Nassau-Dillenburg council
- Johann (* July 8, 1531, † September 5, 1615), professor of theology in Marburg
- Johann Kraft (first mentioned 1591, † 1638), Hanau-Lichtenberger Hofmeister in Alsace
- Hermann (* 1572, † August 1621), court master of Nassau-Beilstein, officer in the services of Nassau-Diez and the Palatinate
- Hans Georg (first mentioned 1603, † October 30, 1654), Nassau-Hadamarischer Hofmeister, Kunigund (mentioned from 1615 to 1625), Nassau-Dillenburgische Hofmeisterin
- Burkhard (first mentioned 1593, † March 14, 1625), officer in numerous services, electoral Palatinate war council and mercenary leader, among others under Peter Ernst II von Mansfeld
In the male line, the family died out shortly after 1625, in the female line shortly before 1697.
In addition to this better-known von Waldmannshausen family, there was another knight dynasty who named themselves after the place. However, it can only be traced from 1270 to 1424 and does not seem to have had any regional significance.
Culture and sights
societies
The place has the sports club Elbgrund 1920 eV, the mixed choir "Liederkranz", the Catholic women's community and the volunteer fire brigade Elbgrund, founded in 1934 (since August 25, 2007 with their youth fire brigade ).
Buildings
Waldmannshausen farm
Main article: Waldmannshausen Castle
The origin of the place and still its most important monument today is the former fiefdom Waldmannshausen on the western edge of the village. The entire complex consists of the ruins of the "Old Castle", the newer manor house with an adjoining manor and the now largely overgrown park in between.
Village community center
The house was built as a primary school as a result of the Nassau Education Edict of 1817. The ground floor consists of quarry stone masonry on which a half-timbered floor clad with slate was placed. The roof is characterized by flat dormers. The quarry stone retaining wall facing the street and the chestnut in the courtyard are part of the monument. The house and its modern extension now accommodate the community center in the district. Address: Mainzer Straße 20
Hohlstrasse 3
The only listed pure residential building and the most beautiful example of visible framework in the area is the residential building of a courtyard. A year in the carving indicates the year of construction 1729. The eaves side facing the street shows two symmetrical zones with very even, baroque frameworks. Man shapes, curved St. Andrew's crosses, curly and grooved cross braces and carvings on the threshold of the upper floor adorn the construction. A small extension was built around 1900.
church
Interior of the church
literature
- Hellmuth Gensicke : The von Waldmannshausen. In: Nassauische Annalen 90. 1979, pp. 168-181.
Web links
- Elbgrund district. In: Internet presence. Elbe Valley community
- Elbgrund, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Mühlbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Waldmannshausen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature on Elbgrund in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures in the Elbe Valley . In: Internet presence. Elbtal municipality, accessed on May 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Limburg district and the Oberlahn district. (GVBl. II 330-25) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 5 , p. 101 , § 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 809 kB ]).
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 369 .
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ^ Official Journal of the Government of Wiesbaden. Piece 26 from 06/26/1937.
- ^ Waldmannshausen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 9, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ Mühlbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 9, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ a b Elbgrund, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 28, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
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